Английская Википедия:Inchmacnerin Abbey

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Inchmacnerin Abbey aerial view
Inchmacnerin Abbey aerial view

Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Hiberno-English Шаблон:Infobox monastery Inchmacnerin Abbey[1] (Irish: Mainistir Inis Mac nÉirín) is a former monastery and National Monument located in Lough Key, Ireland.[2][3]

Location

Inchmacnerin Abbey is located on Church Island, an island of Шаблон:Convert in the western part of Lough Key.[4]

History

A monastic site existed on the island from the 6th century AD, supposedly founded by Columba (Saint Colum Cille). The name means "island of the sons of Éirín".Шаблон:Citation needed

It was refounded as an Augustinian priory some time between 1140 and 1170.[5] Some of the Annals of Loch Cé may have been written here, as well as at Holy Trinity Abbey located on the same lake.[6][7]

It was dissolved c. 1569 and the land granted to William Taaffe in 1596.Шаблон:Citation needed

The island was excavated in 2000, recovering parts of a stone church.[8]

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